spectre
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++spec·tre British English, specter American English /ˈspektə $ -ər/ noun 1 the spectre of something FRIGHTENEDsomething that people are afraid of because it may affect them badly 引起恐惧的事物 The recession is again raising the spectre of unemployment. 这次经济衰退再次引起了人们对失业的恐惧。2. [countable] literaryALRF a ghost 鬼魂，幽灵
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spectre• Another spectre of his too-vivid memory rose up to tempt him.• Loneliness flooded her like the bone-chilling spectre of the damned.• Once firmly embarked on the slow-growth road, the United States can not avoid the ominous spectre of social and economic decay.• And the spectre of money laundering looms.• But the spectre of delivering a speech brown-nosing the teachers jammed her imagination.• The attack has raised the spectre of another war between ice-cream operators in Glasgow.• The prospect of such telecoms competition raises the spectre of intervention by government or the courts.• The cultural move from an autonomous and independent sculpture back to the public sphere inevitably raises the spectre of popular culture.• They say that the spectres of the murdered children walk through the grounds at night.• The spectre is reputed to be that of Frances Culpepper, daughter of Lord John Freschville.spec·tre nounChineseSyllable
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spec‧tre
British English, specter American English /ˈspektə $ -ər/ noun
1. the spectre of something something that people are afraid of because it may affect them badly:
The recession is again raising the spectre of unemployment.
2. [countable] literary a ghost
▪ ghost the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place: His ghost is believed to haunt the house.
▪spirit a creature without a physical body, such as an angel or ghost: evil spirits | the spirit world
▪apparition an image of a dead person that someone sees suddenly for a short time: He claimed to have seen an apparition in the church.
▪poltergeist a ghost that people cannot see, which throws things or moves things around: The house was haunted by a poltergeist that makes things move around all by themselves, sometimes quite big things like beds or wardrobes.
▪spook informal a ghost: I’m not scared of spooks.
▪phantom literary a frightening and unclear image of a dead person: They had seen phantoms gliding on the surface of the water.
▪spectre British English, specter American English literary a ghost, especially a frightening one: She had looked like a spectre. | The following night, the spectre appeared again.
spec‧tre
British English, specter American English /ˈspektə $ -ər/ noun1. the spectre of something something that people are afraid of because it may affect them badly:
2. [countable] literary a ghost
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